Karnataka requests Centre to lift export ban on 'Bangalore Rose Onion'
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Monday requested the Centre to lift the ban on export of 'Bangalore Rose Onion' with immediate effect to benefit a large number of small and marginal farmers of the state.
In a letter to Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, Minister for Horticulture and Sericulture Narayana Gowda requested the Centre to assign a separate Harmonised System (HS) code for Bangalore Rose Onion.
"I would like to share with you that Bangalore Rose Onion is a unique GI product grown in Karnataka.
This variety of onion is grown by the small and marginal farmers and only for export purpose with insignificant domestic market," Gowda said in his letter.
He said any restriction on export of this variety of onion would directly affect the farmers and the exporters engaged in it and put them to hardship.
The Centre has banned export of all types of onions to regulate the price and ensure hassle free supply of essential commodities in the market.
The government, he said, also requested the Centre to assign a separate HS code for Bangalore Rose Onion to facilitate and promote the export of this variety, he said.
"I wish to bring to your kind attention that during 2000 -2001, the Government of India assigned a separate HS code for Bangalore Rose onion.
However, this was subsequently done away with," he noted.
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DGMOs of India, Pak agree to halt military ops from 5 pm onwards: FS Misri
New Delhi, May 10 (PTI): The directors general of military operations (DGMO) of India and Pakistan have agreed to stop all firings and military action on land, air and sea with effect from 5 pm on Saturday, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri has announced.
The brief announcement by the foreign secretary came shortly after US President Donald Trump said India and Pakistan have agreed to a "full and immediate" ceasefire after talks mediated by the US.
The DGMO of Pakistan called the DGMO of India at 3.35 pm earlier this afternoon, Misri said.
"It was agreed between them that both sides would stop all firing and military action on land, and in the air and sea, with effect from 1700 hours IST Saturday," he said.
"Instructions have been given on both sides to give effect to this understanding. The DGMOs will talk again on May 12 at 1200 hours," he added.
